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Tag: long term care

shows the back of a wheelchair, with an old and wizened hand on the arm of the chair
Posted inAging

NC’s low performing nursing homes to get more federal scrutiny

by Thomas Goldsmith November 2, 2022November 1, 2022

By Thomas Goldsmith Too often, frail and mostly older people in poor-performing skilled nursing facilities end up in unnecessary pain or distress.  One example comes to light in the story of a resident of Accordius Health, a Statesville nursing home. State records show she was in such pain from a severe tooth abscess on Oct. […]

Shows a sign reading, "The Oaks at Sweeten Creek/ Carrington Place condominiums" carved in the face in fancy letters. The rock is in front of a nursing home where multiple residents died of COVID.
Posted inAging

When a loved one dies at a nursing home, families face mazes and mirages in search for answers

by Thomas Goldsmith June 21, 2022November 15, 2022
residents of nursing homes receiving grants from penalty payments enjoy a game of bingo.
Posted inAging

National report raises overarching questions on U.S. nursing home care

by Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban June 15, 2022November 15, 2022
image shows a supermarket wall with gallons of milk in fridges
Posted inAging

To serve or not to serve more milk? NC DHHS, long-term care at odds

by Thomas Goldsmith April 28, 2022August 30, 2022
shows four people posing for a formal photo, two seated, two standing behind them. The two seated people are residents at a group home for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
Posted inDisabilities

Proposed bills would bump up pay for people caring for NC’s most vulnerable

by Mona Dougani June 9, 2021August 31, 2022
Posted inAging

Ban on visiting NC nursing home residents gone, but obstacles remain

by Thomas Goldsmith May 27, 2021August 31, 2022

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